[Amended 3-12-2003 by Ord. No. 4-2003]
No final plat shall be approved by the Planning Board and/or Zoning Board of Adjustment until the completion of all such required improvements has been certified to the Planning Board and/or Zoning Board of Adjustment by the Township Engineer and as-built drawings have been supplied him/her, unless the applicant has furnished a performance guarantee as required by §
220-66.
[Amended 3-12-2003 by Ord. No. 4-2003]
A. With the exception of Public Utilities Commission
regulated installations, all improvements shall be subject to inspection
and approval by the Township Engineer, who shall be notified by the
developer at least 24 hours prior to the start of construction. No
underground installation shall be covered until inspected and approved.
All the above improvements shall meet the design standards specified
in this chapter and, if not specified herein, the engineering specifications
of the New Jersey State Highway Department and Planning Board and/or
Zoning Board of Adjustment engineer. Evidence that the above improvements
are installed and comply with the design and construction specifications
of the Township shall be certified, in writing, by the Township Engineer.
B. As-built inspection of storm sewer and stormwater
management systems by the Township Engineer.
(1) The Township Engineer shall be responsible for preparing
as-built records for all subdivision storm sewer systems and stormwater
management facilities, after final inspection. These as-built records
will be part of the inspection process to verify that all storm sewer
systems and stormwater management facilities are installed per the
approved plans. The associated field and office costs shall be charged
against the escrow accounts established for each subdivision.
(2) The developer shall be responsible for supplying the
Township Engineer with as-built records for all other required improvements,
in the form and manner prescribed by the Township.
[Amended 12-14-2006 by Ord. No. 43-2006]
A. The Township shall also require a maintenance guarantee
to be posted with the Township Council for a period not to exceed
two years after final acceptance of the improvement, in an amount
not to exceed 15% of the cost of the improvement. In the event that
other governmental agencies or public utilities automatically will
own the utilities to be installed, or the improvements are covered
by a performance or maintenance guarantee to another governmental
agency, no performance or maintenance guarantee, as the case may be,
shall be required by the Township for such utilities or improvements.
B. Whenever the Township is requested to accept dedication
of properties to be maintained for stormwater control basin purposes
which will result in the Township being required to expend funds in
the future for the maintenance of such properties and to insure the
functionality of said basins, the Township shall, unless otherwise
determined by the Township Council, require that the property owner
or developer dedicating such property post with the Township funds
which will defray the estimated costs of maintenance for a ten-year
period. At the time overall site bonding requirements are calculated,
the Township Engineer shall calculate the maintenance cost in accordance
with generally accepted professional maintenance calculations then
existing, with appropriately determined per-year incremental increases
in said maintenance costs as calculated by the Township Engineer.
The estimated maintenance cost contribution for the ten-year period
shall be deposited with the Township Clerk at the time other maintenance
guarantees are posted for the project or acceptance of the lot by
the municipality, whichever shall occur first. The posting of the
estimated maintenance cost shall not impact the performance bond requirements.
The performance bondholder shall maintain stormwater basin responsibility
until performance bond release in full. The ten-year period of contribution
maintenance shall commence after the full performance bond release.
Maintenance cost contribution shall not in any way reduce the bondholder’s
responsibility to turn over the basin in a satisfactory and functional
condition at the time of performance bond release.